Latino Intellectuals Write Letter Condemning Trump's "Hate Speech"

[Judi Lynn]

Source: NBC News

Latino Intellectuals Write Letter Condemning Trump's "Hate Speech"

by Daniela Franco
Nov 6 2015, 1:06 pm ET

67 Latino intellectuals, artists, scientists, writers and filmmakers from the United States, Latin America and Spain signed a joint statement denouncing the anti-immigrant comments made by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.

The Hispanic group, many of which are immigrants in the United States, stated that "Trump's hate speech appeals to xenophobia, sexism and political intolerance; it recalls historical campaigns against other ethnic groups that led to millions of deaths."

Among the signers of the statement: Arturo Álvarez-Buylla, Roger Bartra, Jorge Castañeda, Jennifer Clement, Junot Díaz, Jorge Edwards, Julio Frenk, Francisco Goldman, Diego Luna, Antonio Muñoz Molina, Silvia Pedraza, and Mario Vargas Llosa. The full statement was released by Enrique Krauze and Carmelo Mesa-Lago.

On June 16, 2015, during Trump's presidential candidacy announcement, he said, "When Mexico sends its people, they're not sending their best…They're sending people that have lots of problems, and they're bringing those problems to us… They're sending us not the right people."

Read more: http://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/latino-intellectuals-write-letter-condemning-trumps-hate-speech-n458611

[kimbutgar]

1. This means nothing to Trump and his supporters :(

They are in their alternate world and don't give a you know what about what intellectuals think. His supporters are anti intellectual.

[sdfernando]

2. To the rumps supporters this would only vault his status higher /nt

[Gore1FL]

3. Why single out Trump?

The Whole GOP has been demonizing immigrants and people of color as a means of electoral strategy for decades.